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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 25, 1962)
Eagles Clip Crofton 28-0 Coach Jim Taylor lowered an all-out aerial assult on his former gridiron students Friday evening as the O’Neill High Eagles tram pled Crofton 28-0. A light rain fell the greater part of the con test as a large crowd of O’Neill enthusiasts travelled to see the Eagles pick up their fifth victory in six decisions. Senior end Gary Plessell stole the show from the OHS backfield when he grabbed two touchdown passes and an extra point toss to account for 13 points. Three scoring plays for the visiting Eagles were called back due to penalties, including another TD reception by Plessell. Fine runs by tialfbacks Rich Frost and Don Havranek were the other scoring jaunts called back. Quarterback Terry Kurtz op ended the scoring from three yds out the first time the Eagles got their hands on the ball. The keep er capped a 75-yard drive result ing from the game-opening kick off. The pass to Plessell was good for tlie extra point and O'Neill jumped to a quick 7-6 lead. The only Crofton threat of the evening carried to the OHS l.< yard line before the Eagle de fease dug in. From there the big blue marched 85 yards to score their second touchdown, with a 26-yard TO toss to Pit s sell the clincher. An earlier pass to Piemell covered Vi yards and set up the score. Fullback Ron Kallhoff carried for the PAT and the Eagles 1«" The third before the mternflsston was mull ed when Kurtz fumbled from leaa than a yard out anil Crofton re covered in the end zone. The ser ies followed Frost’s 21-yard run that was called back and a fine 18-yaril sprint by sophomore Don Havranek. The Eagles kicked off to start the second half, held the War riors, and then took to the air A 12-yard toss to Rich Hill, fol lowed by a pass interference pen ally, set up a 42 yard scoring pass to the 152-pound Plessell. 9ophomore end Ivan Hurley cra dled a Kurtz pass for the extra I>oint, making the score 21-0 go ing into the final quarter. The final scoring tally came on a 35-yard pass to halfback ’Jack’ Frost in the fourth stanza. The extra point was scored on a keeper by Kurtz, and the Eagles held a final 28-0 advantage. Scatback Don Havranek scam [iered 55 yards late in the last quarter only to have the play nullified, but a 40-yard pass play from junior Larry Lieb to Hur ley set up the Eagles in scoring range but time ran out. Plessell ended his evening’s work with six pass receptions and Kurtz completed 11 out of 15 aer ial attempts. Senior halfback Rich Frost averaged nearly 1J yards per carry, with fullbacks R n Kallhoff and Steve Peterson pounding the Crofton line for an average of better than six yards apiece. The Eagles picked up 225 yards INSURE f HONESTY AND INTEGRITY IN STATE I RAY C JOHNSON STATE AUDITOR REPUBLICAN Bom In Oakland, Nebraska, of Swedish parents Ray C. Johnson has made a dis tinguished career as Auditor of Public Accounts. In the post 23 years he has: • Installed a uniform accounting system. # Adopted modem methods of regis tering ond canceling public bonds 0 Recruited ond trained on efficient staff of occountants based solely on obillty. 0 Worked constantly for modern ond efficient financial records for oil State agencies. 0 For mony years Roy Johnson has audited the books of State and ! ! County officials Including the Uni versity of Nebraska ond the Nor mal schools with efficiency ond ability. 0 Public officials, newspapers, busi nessmen have commented that, "In Roy Johnson's office, efficiency Is not |ust a slogan - but a reality." I 1’J i i i hZSU ROYAL THEATRE Family Night Thun*. Oct. 25 •PRIVATE FIFE OF MAJOR BENSON” Frl.-AaL Oct. 26 27 Big Double BUI “BOY WHO CAUGHT A CROOK” —ALSO “GUN STREET” Sun.-Mon.-Tues. Oct. 28 29-30 ‘THE PIGEON THAT TOOK ROME” W’ed.-Thun*. Oct. 31 -Nov. 1 Family Night • MONSTER ON THE CAMPUS” on tne ground ana zu> yaras through the air routes for a to tal of 440 yards gained. The Crof ton victory was somewhat of a personal triumph for Coach Tay lor, who spent nine years at Crofton before taking over the OHS duties this fall. O’NEILL 7 7 7 7 28 CROFTON 0000 0 Coach Boyd Blomenkamp’s OHS Freshman squad watched the Creighton reserves come from behind last Thursday evening and defeat the local eleven 7-6. O’ Neill scored in the second quar ter and held their lead until two minutes were left in the contest. Coach Blomenkamp is assisted by Dean Houfek. Fort Randall Club Holds Annual Banquet The Fort Randall Boat Club held their annual banquet at Pickstown Wednesday with 80 members present. A short busi ness meeting was held by boat club president. Dr. H. D. Gilder sleeve in which prizes were given for the club’s fishing contest. Prize for the largest crappie went to Philip Gildersleeve, the largest Sauger to Doc Gilder sleeve. A prize went to Mrs. Pat Patton for the smallest fish caught and Mrs. Margaret Clau son received a prize for the larg est fish that got away. Allen VanVleck was the mas ter of ceremonies and he intro duced the speaker, Danny Liska, who showed slides of his trip from Alaska to South America. Those attending from O’Neill were Mr. and Mrs. Pat Patton. Mr. and Mrs. Mike Trupp, Mr. and Mrs C. J. Gatz, Mr and Mrs. Mark Herbers, Mr. and Mrs. Rob Prouty, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Clauson, Mr. and Mrs. Allen Van Vleck, and Dr. and Mrs. H. D. Page Youths Take Part in Fitness Test PAGE — Five boys and four girls from Page High School took part in the recent Physical Fit ness Testing Clinic sponsored by Wayne State College, and sev eral of them performed unusual ly well in vome of the testa, Di rector Robert Clayton reports. For i-nunplr, Dick Under and Mike Stewart rated in the 100th percentile oa Mt-up*. Lin der 95th percentile mb the standing broadjump, 50th un the shuttle run. The 100th per centile mettiw the ncore ranked at the top among boys taking the test nationally: 95th means 95 percent scored below, 5 per rent above. Rick Allen scored In the 70th percentile oo pull ups. Among the girls, Linda Alberts rated in the 90th percentile on sit-ups, 70th on the shuttle run and 65th on pull-ups Janet An son rated in the 85th on the stand ing broadjump and 65th on pull ups. Clayton said the testing clinic was designed to give individual students opportunity tocheck their physical fitness by a standard test, also to show how they can work at home on the same tests. Because of rainy weather, three outdoor events were omitted — the 50-yard dash, the 600-yard walk-run, and the softball throw. Clayton was both surprised and pleased at the number of girls participating — nearly half the total. He hopes to make the clin ic an annual event, and the quer ies from many students indicat ed that another test would draw even more students. Den Mothers Attend Session Den Mothers representing most communities in the Sandhills ga thered in Bassett Oct. 18 for a day long workshop on the Cub program. All but a few communi ties, which have a total of over 350 registered Cubs were repre sented. Important features of the work shop were sections on games, led by Mrs. Roy Humrich, O’Neill; handicraft was led by Mrs. Jane Cobb, Stuart; and Den and Pack Ceremonies directed by Mrs Glen Pierce, Valentine. On hand were Jerry Dempsey, Sandhills Scout Executive, and Bill Redden, Covered Wagon Council Rural Field Director. Mrs. T. G. Wed del of Springview shared some of her experiences and interesting activities as a still active Den Mother whose Cub Scout is now a Junior in college. Justice Court— 10-19-62 — Kenny Paige, Up ham, N. D., Overwidth — $10 and $4.00 — Officer, Clifford Kizzire 10-22-62 - Albert H. Kooiker, Boydon, la., No reciprocity — $10 and $4.00 — Olficer, Donald Richardson 10-22-62 - Roy A. Wullbrandt Norfolk, Nebr., Speeding, — $15.00 and $4.00 — Officer, John Havel ka. At The Courthouse COUNTY COURT— Oct. 18 — Thomas F. Scott, Chambers, night speeding, fined $10 and costs. Oct. 18 — Edward W. Frans sen, Greely, faulty brakes, fined $10 and costs. Oct. 18 — Owen L. Schmidt. Ewing, overweight on plates, fin ed $10 and costs. Oct. 22 — Dwain R. Grunke, Ainsworth, night speeding, fined $25 and costs. Oct. 23 — Duane Summers, O’ Neill, assult and battery, fined $30 and costs. Oct. 24 — James Omey, Rapid City, night speeding, fined $15 and costs. Rites Held for Mrs. D. Anderson At Atkinson Funeral services were held Sat urday, Oct. 20, for Mrs. Dean Anderson, in the First United Presbyterian church, Atkinson, with the Rev. Herbert C. Young, Stuart, officiating. Mrs. Jean Mellor served as organist. Two hymns, “Just a Closer Walk with Thee" and “Rock of Ages" were sung by Mrs. Elaine Schorn and Mrs. Dean Fleming. Pallbearers were Harold Gold fuss, Richard Doty, George Al brecht, Bob Lemmer, Arthur Lee and Jerry Kingry. Burial was in Woodlawn cemetery in Atkinson under the direction of the Seger Funeral Home, Atkinson. Donna Rae Anderson, daughter of Frank and Daisy Lee. was born in Omaha, December 14, 1932 and died on Oct 16, 1962 at the University hospital, Omaha. She attended school in Norfolk and was active in musical stu dies and activities. She was united in marriage to Dean Anderson on July 22. 1950 in the Presbyterian church, At kinson. The couple had one child. Debra Susan. Besides her husband, daughter and father, she is survived by one sister, Mrs. Nadine Kingry. Fremont. i Services Held Saturday for Mrs. A. Lindberg Mrs Augusta Lindberg. wife of the late Peter A. Lindberg died Oct. 11 at her home in O'Neill at the age of 92. Services were conducted Satur day at 2.00 p.m. from the Metho dist Church in O’Neill with the Rev. Glenn Kennicott officiating Burial was in Prospect Hill Ceme tery under the direction of Big lin's. Pallbearers were Ralph and Ted Lindberg, Eugene, Harold and Duane Olson and Fred Ros enkrang. Mrs. Lindberg was bom in Sweden Dec. 13, 1869. After com ing to America with her father and family she spent some years in Omaha attending school and while there was confirmed in the Immanuel Lutheran church. She came to Holt County and kept house for her father until her marriage to Peter A. Lindberg at O’Neill on Nov. 29, 1887. The couple had eight children. One daughter, Edith preceded her in death. Survivors include Mrs. Louise Olson, Minden, Fred Lind berg, O’Neill, Mrs. Alma Enquist, Wausa, Mrs. O. F. Lindberg, Los Angeles, Calif.; Eleanor, Harold and Esther Lindberg, all of O’ Neill. She is also survived by 22 grandchildren and 32 great grand children many other relatives and friends. Six of her grandsons served as pall bearers; Harold Olson and Duane Olson, Minden, Gene Ol son and Ted Lindberg, Minne apolis, Minn., and Ralph Lind berg and Fred Rosenkrans, O’ Neill. Mr. and Mrs. Lindberg were early pioneers of Holt County having homesteaded on a farm eight miles north of O'Neill Family Program Is Stressed at Training Meet Planning a program that home makers need and want was the general theme of the training meeting for Home Extension of ficers, Tuesday, Oct. 16. Counties represented included Holt, Boyd, | Rock, Brown and Keya Paha. | Reading leaders from these coun ties also attended. Mrs. A. T. Crumly, Page, In troduced the program and pro gram personnel. Jane Pope, Lincoln, from the State Library Commission conducted morning and afternoon sessions for the i reading leaders. She outlined reading programs to include the ! whole family and explained the services of the library commis sion and local libraries. Ethel Saxton, home agent sup ervisor from the College of Ag riculture spoke to the group on the necessity tor planning pro grams of education in home eco nomics and related areas. A panel of representatives from Boyd, Holt, Rock and Brown counties told how their councils planned meetings and programs in their respective counties. Mrs. Orville Indra, home agent, served as panel moderator. Irene Ruzicka, home agent in the KBR district conducted a ses sion on training club officers. The program was concluded with a summary of activities by Mrs. I Edwin Sevcik, Chairman of | Brown County Home Extension j Council. County officers will use the in formation from this training ses sion as a guide for training local Home Extension club officers in their counties. — Page High Announces Honor Roll Students PAGE — The high school honor roll for the first six weeks is: Seniors — Caroline Max, Con nie Nissen, Bruce Bowen, Bonnie ! Heiss. Sophomores — LuAnn Nissen,! Donna Smith, Linda Thompson John Crumly, Jean Crumly, Jean Finley, Carolyn Hallman, Andrea Wettlaufer. Freshmen — Jean Nissen, Mar ilyn Max, Connie Sorensen, Dale Miller. Honorable mention — Sandy Al- i berts, Diane Kemper, Becky Beelaert, Tom Melcher, Paggy I O’Brien, Roberta Asher, Seal j Luebcke, DeVon Kemper, Randy Shaw, Tom Scheinost, Linda Al berts, Jim Crumly. The Frontier On Sale each Thursday morning at Safeway Store — O’Neill Golden Hotel — O’Neill Stannard’s Superette — O'Neill O’Neill Drug — O’Neill Devoy Drug — O’Neill Johnson Drug - - O'Neill Wilson Drug — Atkinson Munn’s Store — Ewing McGraw’s Store — Inman Newhouse Sundries—Chambers j Miller Bros. — Orchard -j "EAGLE CREEK SPECIAL" 1000 to 1200 Cattle Sell at Auction FRIDAY, OCT. 26 - 11:00 a.m. 600 to 800 CALVES 300-500 MIXED CATTLE & YEARLINGS Early listings include: 45 Light Yearling WF Steers — Wagner 50 Choice WE Calves — Miller 45 WF Calves and Yearlings — Schaaf 25 WF Calves — Slamsldlo 20 Mixed Yearlings — Slechta 20 Mixed Calves and Yearlings — Wells 25 WF Calves — Kotrous 10 WF Calves — Crawford 10 WF Calves — Miller and Wilcox 20 WF Calves — Horstman 40 Mixed Calves and Yearlings — Lynch 64 Mixed Calves and Yearlings — Spencer 20 Mixed Calves — Johnson 46 Fancy Pigs — Vonasek Several lots of pigs and 10 Purebred open Hampshire Gilts MANY MORE CONSIGNMENTS BY SALE TIME FRIDAY—IF YOU HAVE CATTLE FOR SALE BRING THEM TO OUR SALES ON FRIDAY. Plenty of demand for all classes of Livestock. The Hog runs are increasing each Monday . . . For next Monday we expect a run of 1000 to 1200 Hogs starting 11:00 a.m. TRY THAT NEXT CONSIGNMENT OF HOGS AT OUR MONDAY AUCTION. WE WILL MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO PROVIDE YOU WITH THE BEST SERVICE AND PRICES. Another Big Special "CATTLE SALE" coming up FRIDAY - NOVEMBER 2nd ■ peiov Many good consignments already listed. Contact us in regard to your listing as soon as possible In order that we may include It in bur advertising. ’’V6&DIGRE LIVESTOCK MARKET Don Jensen, Mgr. Phone 4861 in Verdigre . . ELECT . . JOHN R. GALLAGHER Democratic Candidate For COUNTY ATTORNEY OF HOLT COUNTY • City Attorney of O'Neill for the past 8 years • Lifelong Resident of Holt County • Married — Eight Children • Marine Veteran of World War n • Graduate of Nebraska Schools Your Vote Appreciated! 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